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Nature's Candy
Nature's Candy
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fruits and Vegetables II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Connecticut, US
Date: Feb 8, 2007
Aperture: f10
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1''
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Feb 11, 2007

 I liked the idea of using these candy slices with real fruit. The all color photo was nice but it was A LOT of color. So with the Advanced Edit options I wanted to try something new. And it's nice to be able have some nice fruit salad no matter how the pictures come out.

Don't know how this will score but I hope the comments will help me improve and turn what I think are good ideas into good pictures.

Statistics
Place: 294 out of 346
Avg (all users): 4.9543
Avg (commenters): 5.2222
Avg (participants): 4.7117
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Views since voting: 816
Views during voting: 282
Votes: 175
Comments: 11
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AuthorThread
 02/19/2007 09:10:33 PM
What if, instead of totally desaturating the fruit, you partially desaturated it. Basically, a color gradient from candy to fruit.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/18/2007 09:29:25 PM
Very creative to pair the fruit with it's candy. Interesting color selection!
 02/18/2007 06:13:20 PM
this shot, in concept, isn't a bad idea. but the execution doesn't work. the desaturated parts are just flat and uninteresting and the gummy slices are mostly out of focus and jarring. the selective desaturation makes the subject very unappealing. - 3
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/16/2007 02:29:45 AM
The desat is well done, but I'm not sure it makes for a particularly appealing shot to look at.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2007 10:40:23 PM
Good Job
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2007 06:34:15 AM
the partial desat makes the fruit look very bad.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2007 10:57:36 PM
this is not working for me, sorry. but the title is true-- fruit is nature's candy. the focus is good but the gray fruit does not look appetizing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2007 05:51:27 PM
This is kind of cool with the bright colors. To me though I'd rather see it the other way around. SInce this is about fruits I'd rather see a bunch of candy in b/w and have the fruit in color to show it's the healthy choice or something of that sort.

Also somethng looks kind of weird to me on that center apple at the top.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2007 01:18:33 PM
In this case, I actually like the selective desaturation!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2007 05:50:53 PM
personally, I don't care for the selective desat used here
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2007 03:58:14 AM
The fruit being black and white and the candies coloured doesn't appeal to me, it doesn't seem balanced.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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